Vedic Temple is a landmark in the neighborhood of Narayana in Industrial District, Anywhere City in Grand Theft Auto 2.
Description[]
The temple is located in the southeastern portion of Narayana, occupying half of the neighborhood. It is the main headquarters of the Hare Krishna gang.
The building structure is composed of many large octagons containing pathways along the rim. The player can hear the meditation of the Hare Krishnas if they are near one of their holy prayer locations, although the player cannot enter the prayer area or see inside.
The Heavenly Radio Headquarters is located in the center of the temple.
History[]
Events of Grand Theft Auto 2[]
Sunbeam uses the red payphones outside the radio headquarters to give Claude Speed two missions, including rescuing Krishna monks being held captive by the Zaibatsu in Tower Square, and blowing up the Russian Mafia-owned Power Plant.
At some point, while working for the Russian Mafia, Claude Speed attacks the temple with the help of Russian Mafia members.
Pickups[]
Weapons[]
- Flamethrower - Stone platform northwest of Heavenly Radio, near the red phone.
Health[]
- Stone platform south of Heavenly Radio.
Body Armor[]
- Stone platform southwest of Heavenly Radio.
Prominent Appearances in Missions[]
Grand Theft Auto 2[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
In one of the buildings, the player can hear the chanting sounds[1] of the Hare Krishna from the original Grand Theft Auto, which is a real Hare Krishna group recorded by Colin Anderson using a handheld tape recorder while in Dundee City Centre for lunch with Mike Dailly, one of DMA Design founders.[2]
References[]
- ↑
Vedic Temple's ambience sound in Grand Theft Auto 2.
Hare Krishna chanting sound in the original Grand Theft Auto.
- ↑ “When we were making Grand Theft Auto in the mid-1990s smartphones didn't exist. The idea of being able to use your phone to record ideas for songs as a solution to the eternal composer's problem of forgetting your great, new song was science fiction. Instead, I used to carry a small, handheld tape recorder with me all the time. I used it to opportunistically capture random sounds or pieces of music I heard that I liked or found interesting. Most famously, I used it to capture the sound of a visiting Hare-Krishna group while in Dundee city centre for lunch with (fellow GTA creator) Mike Dailly, and we ended up using that sound for the chanting sound of Hare-Krishna's in the game.”
See Also[]
- Conversion House – A Hare Krishna house of worship in Tabernacle.